Articles by Eric Hill

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  A Weather

  Cove

  PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2008

  Much of what makes this debut full-length so sure-footed is Adam Selzer’s warm and spare production. He creates an intimate space where voc...

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  Sian Alice Group

  59:59

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2008

  There are those groups that seem to be composed of disparate characters who shouldn’t combine to make wonderful pop music yet do. Then ther...

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  Growing

  Lateral

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2008

  It’s yet another label for the Brooklyn duo of Kevin Doria and Joe Denardo, but it remains business as unusual. Following the clear traject...

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  Mountain Goats

  Heretic Pride

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2008

  When we last left our hero John, he was exorcising personal demons of badly fractured relationships with stepfathers and exes, bravely wavi...

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  Kelley Stoltz

  Circular Songs

  PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2008

  If you’re going to go retro, this is how it’s done. Stoltz isn’t coy about his ’60s forbearers; instead he aims for the heart of the three-...

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  Apillow

  Leaves Winter Alone

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2008

  As a member of dreamy post-rock trio Below the Sea, Patrick Lacharité built a foundation of experimentation with atmosphere and quiet tensi...

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  Baja

  Wolfhour

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2008

  When you have a fully stocked kitchen, there is sometimes that drunken impulse to improvise, to try out new ingredients and reinvent time-t...

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  David Thomas Broughton vs. 7 Hertz

  David Thomas Broughton vs. 7 Hertz

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2008

  This is a tough nut to crack for several reasons. Firstly, there’s the decision of where, categorically, it belongs. David Thomas is a sing...